Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Though Easter may have deeply-rooted religious meaning, it also presents the perfect opportunity to gather loved ones for a mouth-watering feast. We'll be setting the table soon, accenting it with our gold-dusted bunny butter dish and sugar bowl, perhaps hiding a few chocolate eggs amongst the flowers and crockery too. Whatever you're planning, here's to a wonderful long-weekend celebration - enjoy!

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

One of the simplest ways to transform even the smallest of your home's nooks is to pop hand-tied blooms into an old (clean) jam jar. If you don't have one to hand, a milk bottle, or even a glass, makes the perfect vessel.

Here are some ideas we love - including pastel painted bottles and ornamental cabbages in tumblers that photographer Leila Sanderson shot at furniture designer Greg Hatton's Melbourne home. Why not give it a go, too?

Sunday, 3 March 2013

Living so close to London’s iconic Portobello Road - overrun
with antique china, as well as charm - it’s no wonder that ceramicist Richard
Brendon is ever-inspired.

His own designs encapsulate a little of this vintage appeal – looking to the history of found porcelain and melding it with a modern vision to create striking teacups, saucers, and dinnerware.

In particular, his ‘Reflect’ collection truly stands out; china tea cups are coated in platinum so that when resting upon vintage-like saucers, their mirrored patina echoes and transforms the plate’s patterns.

How long have you been designing?

Technically since I studies DT at GCSE in 2003

Did you go to art college or are you self taught?

I studied product and furniture design at Kingston
University

What are you main creative influences?

Droog and Dutch design from the early 90s is what sparked my
interest in design.I really liked
the way they pushed the boundaries of materials and process to create products
with character and narrative.

Where do you find inspiration for your work?

Antique fairs – the antique markets of Portobello and
Golborne Road are on my doorstep and provide great inspiration.

What aspect of your work gives you the most pleasure?

Receiving the first finished sample of a product that has
taken a long time to research and develop.It’s not until I see the finished piece that

Where are you most creative?

In the shower

What is your workspace/studio like?

Hilarious! I share a really fantastic space with a record
label and they are some of the funniest people I have ever met. It’s an 800
square foot studio, with French doors that open out into a courtyard surrounded
by other studios.

How do you describe your style?

Considered, refine and dynamic

What are you currently working on?

A collaboration with pattern visionaries, Patternity, we
will be launching 2 cups and saucers in April. I’m also working on a collection
inspired by the best British porcelain ever made, with a porcelain expert from a
leading London antiques auction house.

When you first started out, what was the best advice you
received?

Know exactly what your brand is.

And

Make as many mistakes as quickly as possible.

What advice do you have for other designers starting out?

Surround yourself with good and talented people.Try to have mentors you can go to for
advice.

How do you achieve a work/life balance?

I don’t really, but fortunately I love what I do.

What are you other passions?

Skiing, food and drink

What is your favourite food?

I like a lot of things! Anything that is refined and perfected
to be the best it can be.I’m a
big fan of the burger craze sweeping London, there are some really tasty
burgers out there!

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